Tag Archives: kids

I love my today yous the best…

Posted on January 14, 2014 by donofalltrades

A couple of nights ago, the two year old, G$, was a pistol. He’s always a pistol, but that night he was more so than even he normally is. He’s generally pretty good about getting to sleep nowadays, but for … Continue reading →

Posted in Family, Parenting, The not meant to be funny stuff, Uncategorized | Tagged dads, family, growing up, kids, nostalgia, Parenting | 108 Comments

Eh, it’s a late to the party post mostly about 2014 goals.

Posted on January 2, 2014 by donofalltrades

The other day, I wasted a good half an hour putting together a post that sort of summed up our Christmas break and rehashed my life in 2013. I was going through each month, sort of reliving my life through … Continue reading →

Posted in Family, Humor, Parenting, Uncategorized | Tagged 2014, christmas, dads, electronics, games, goals, iPad, kids, Mario Bros., parents, resolutions, Wii | 77 Comments

Christmas lights and other crap…yeah, it’s one of my pointless posts…

Posted on December 19, 2013 by donofalltrades

I took off from work today for no particular reason. Ace had a strings recital (she takes violin in school though I’ve heard her practice it at home exactly twice in the two years she’s had it) in the cafeteria … Continue reading →

Posted in Family, Humor, Uncategorized | Tagged blogging, christmas, Christmas lights, dads, decorations, family, holidays, humor, kids | 93 Comments

Christmas lies just around the bend…

Posted on December 13, 2013 by donofalltrades

As per usual, I did not write a post for this Finish The Sentence Friday crowd in time to post it when it went live last night, and decided instead to kill 12 minutes at work doing it. Yay for … Continue reading →

Posted in Family, Parenting, Uncategorized | Tagged amazon, christmas, dad, dads, elf on the shelf, family, funny, gifts, holidays, humor, kids, lies | 44 Comments

G$ has a little fetish…N

Posted on December 12, 2013 by donofalltrades

What a glorious day to be alive. I nearly spilled coffee all over my shirt because a woman ran down the hallway frantically repeating that shots had been fired in the lobby of our six floor building. My “office” (it’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor, Parenting, Uncategorized | Tagged dads, G$, humor, kids, magazines, Parenting | 29 Comments

Rockin’ arcade fun and a bumper sticker for your penis?

Posted on December 6, 2013 by donofalltrades

It’s a miserable, cold Friday morning. I decided to drink beer and watch the end of the Blues thrashing of the Islanders last night instead of writing a Finish the Sentence Friday post. In my defense, the Uverse internet connection … Continue reading →

Posted in Family, Finish the sentence Friday, Humor, Uncategorized | Tagged arcades, baseball, dads, family, Finish the sentence Friday, FTSF, humor, kids, LeMan's arcade, snow day | 63 Comments

The buddhists are ruining christmas for christians…

Posted on December 3, 2013 by donofalltrades

I have no desire to criticize my daughter’s orthodontist because he’s my wife’s cousin and he put my daughter in a set of braces for a price that can’t be beat. Her teeth were all over the place when he … Continue reading →

Posted in Family, Humor, Parenting, Uncategorized | Tagged Apple, christmas, dads, gifts, humor, iPad, kids, lying | 79 Comments

Siri was a cat before she was a bitch inside your iPhone and I’ll soon be rich…

Posted on November 8, 2013 by donofalltrades

For reasons I’ve never pestered my parents about, I left my perfectly fine public school from second through fifth grade to attend a Catholic school. I went back to the public school to finish up my grade school learnin’ in … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor, Stories, Uncategorized | Tagged Apple, fun, grade school, humor, kids, reunions, Siri, stories | 38 Comments

When I was little i thought…

Posted on November 7, 2013 by donofalltrades

When I was little, I thought that being a cop would be the coolest fallback job in the world, if for some reason I wasn’t able to play short stop for the St. Louis Cardinals. My dad was a cop … Continue reading →

Posted in Family, The not meant to be funny stuff, Uncategorized | Tagged blogs, family, Finish the sentence Friday, FTSF, growing up, jobs, kids, police | 43 Comments

Hey elementary school, are you dracula, cuz you’re sucking me dry…

Posted on November 7, 2013 by donofalltrades

Last night, while ignoring the pile of dishes and leftover food congealing on the stove so I could cram fun size KitKat bars and peanut butter cups down my throat while Wife was upstairs putting the boys to bed, Ace … Continue reading →